The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
Video is working for the Firebirds CD game at least ... some stunning footage of Pollard’s dismissal.
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***Official*** New Zealand Domestic Season 2018/19
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straw man
Hall of Fame Member
unless I'm missing something, do you just mean the 'wicket' video, the entirety of which is him marking the crease with his foot?
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
Yep ... looks like they’ve given up after that fail.
Andrew Fletcher might be the ODI opening answer at this rate ... hundred number three from seven list a games!
What about Conway? Another 2 years until eligible? From stats and limited highlights he looks like the Taylor replacement.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
Another 100 for Fletcher, how good? Honestly I have watched him for years locally and never thought he's going to be scoring much runs. Honestly after couple of first class games, the first 2 one day games he played I thought he's just lucky to get to 30 but now I'm convinced he has something about him. It's not easy to score 3 hundreds and a 50 (or 2 is it?) in as many as 6 games. I'm not gunning him for international honors yet but they should trial him at NZ A against India and see how he goes. Chances are he won't be pulled up for India A. Bharat Popli was in similar form 2-3 years ago and was the domestic player of the year. Since then it's been a massive downfall. Hope Fletcher just goes upwards. He's doing great now. Fact is if Ravindra was not away for NZ A, Fletcher wouldn't have got a game :-)
The Hutt Rec
International Vice-Captain
That’s the incredible bit, I think! From being dissed on here as an uncontracted club player (
) a few weeks ago he’s certainly taken his chance.
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straw man
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah I think of that every so often - amazing being in a purple patch where you can do no wrong. Today by contrast he slapped a short gimme from the spinner straight to cow corner. Fletcher certainly going through a similar purple patch atm - could spend the rest of his career wishing this kind of form would come back.
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Being able to score runs with the sort of attacks presented in domestic cricket at present is about having a semi-decent technique and a good mental game. Fletcher clearly is a mentally-strong guy, whose been able to back up tons and make more of them. The harder stuff comes later when the technique is more omni-present across all sides and the weaknesses get picked across - ie Popli and the short ball.
Well done to him, as I say it takes a lot of mental fortitude to score 3 tonnes in this short period of time. There's more talented guys than him who haven't scored 3 in their career.
Well done to him, as I say it takes a lot of mental fortitude to score 3 tonnes in this short period of time. There's more talented guys than him who haven't scored 3 in their career.
Who would have put money on Joe Carter being ND's middle order match-winner? List A career at start of this season 271 runs @ 18, SR 60. I have seen him play a couple of times, looked like a tidy opener with a reasonable pull shot.
This season 226 runs for once out, SR 107.
This season 226 runs for once out, SR 107.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
Firebirds on a roll, good amount of credit should go to the coaching staff. I have always had gripe against them as they had stalled lot of local talents by recruiting from Aussie frequently. I have to eat my words now which I'm happy to. They have done a marvelous job, brought the right talent (some of them were near discards), built a very good culture, added couple of overseas (although they had to sign a pact) players, picked few local players and voila they have a winning unit. Also picked the right captains too. Moved over players that probably have it in them still but may have not fit in the culture. We now have very good batting line up (is it too much to say it's the best in the country), terrific fast bowling unit (no debate about this, we are the best fast bowling unit in plunkett and ford) and not so bad spinning options (perhaps with Ravindra in the squad spin bowling will be strengthened too). Kudos to the management and coaching staff. Didn't expect I'd be saying this in the near future.
Kippax
Cricketer Of The Year
Rippon opens the batting quite often, doesn't he Cribb. They've brought in Lockrose for Rutherford, so I'll wait until any Rippon makeshift gig is confirmed, maybe execute a crafty 'bet max, cash out' trick. I could let some of the wager ride out, too. Scoring runs in the last month.
3 games in a row at Hagley + Lincoln + Sutcliffe Oval, then back to home grounds for final round.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
There's so much cricket going on it's tough to catch up. The ford trophy round 8 resumes, NZ A take on India A today and White Ferns playing Pakistan in the world cup today followed late in the evening by the much awaited test match. Now it truly feels like summer, mighty excited. That said the weather seems to play spoilsport in and around Sunday.